Geoff Keighley baited everyone early and led fans to believe Final Fantasy VII Rebirth wouldn’t make an appearance during Summer Game Fest this year. That tease ended up being huge since the final trailer of the entire show revealed new gameplay and an updated release window for the upcoming RPG.
Many fans predicted it, but Square Enix has officially confirmed FFVII Rebirth will launch in early 2024, likely in a similar timeframe to FFVII Remake’s April 2020 release. It will also be stored on two discs just like the previous title, meaning it is stacked with content like its predecessors.
The gameplay itself showed Cloud, Tifa, Aerith, and the whole crew out exploring new, yet familiar, areas on foot and Chocobo. We also got to see playable Red XIII for the first time, along with plenty of stunning new team attacks between the party members.
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Fans are already dissecting every version of the trailer to pull what little information they can about the story and what is different from the original game’s story. This includes looking into a particular scene where Sephiroth may straight up say he killed Tifa in an earlier encounter, where she previously would have survived.
Most of that speculation is playing on how Sephiroth is trying to break Cloud by confusing him as the world and timeline changes around him, which would tie into plenty of lines from the initial reveal trailer last June that talked about Cloud thinking she had died and Tifa asking if he thought she was an imposter.
We won’t know for sure what is exactly different until FFVII Rebirth actually releases and lets players loose on the wider world outside of Midgar.
